Colbert County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Muscle Shoals, AL
A normal year in Muscle Shoals brings about 54 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 33,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00013896, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Muscle Shoals sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (15.7 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1990). By first frost it falls 68th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 3).
When to clean gutters in Muscle Shoals
The first fall frost comes around November 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 30 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Muscle Shoals rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Muscle Shoals the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.20 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,760, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Muscle Shoals
Half the homes in Muscle Shoals were built by 1990, 34% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.
69% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Alabama
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Muscle Shoals which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Muscle Shoals
With 15.7 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: